hair

Hair.  Ugggh.  Rule #1 of drawing hair- TAKE YOUR TIME.  Guess what I didn't have to put into this assignment?  Time.  So I tried to grasp the form, and find value that would give volume to the the different forms.  But, still not overly pleased with the results.  I'll keep working at it- what other choice do i have?

Ears

Here are two drawings of ears.  One from the side and one from the back.  because of the plane changes in the ear, and because of the many different soft edges (form shadows) and hard edges (cast shadows) i found ears to be a challenge to draw.

SUMMER QUARTER: COLOR THEORY - Aria

lips #1

Lips.  They don't look quite right without a nose and a chin, but I am working on lips this week.  No, I'm not really working from a book, although I am referencing a few great books on facial anatomy.  One is  secrets to drawing realistic faces by Carrie Stuart Parks, and the other is a book that Micah just got for me, called drawing the head and hands by Andrew Loomis.  Most of this however is the result of teaching art class at school.

Noses

Here are the noses I picked.  (That joke never gets old!) I finally got back to my 6B lead.  Maybe a little too soft to get real good mid-tone, but it was fun sketching.

The Eyes have it

Eye wish the top eye on the bottom drawing would have been fully visible.  That was a decent one.  

Anyway, I'm working on eyes.  Trying to memorize the forms and how light falls across them (the light source is from above.  Next, I'll be drawing noses.  I'll pick some to post.  (Get it!  Pick some!  )

THE WHISPER

If you didn’t make it out, the girl is whispering to a man wearing a cowboy hat. Watercolor, 1997.

KING FAISAL

I painted this in watercolor in 1980.

COLOR THEORY: TINTS & SHADES

This summer I've been teaching Aria a Summer Quarter on "Color Theory." This was a demonstration of Tints and Shades. A tint is made by adding white to a color, and a shade is made by adding black. I started with a white sun, then made tints of blue until I got full strength. The sharks are mostly shades, black being the darkest of all shades, working up to a light tint for the smallest, farthest shark. We are using acrylic craft paints, so the circles dried before I could blend them. Oil would do better.

CRUCIFIX - 1964